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18/06/25
Doctors in hospital

Bathtubs and eggboxes – how to avoid common errors in fixing hospital flow

Managing patient flow in hospitals is one of the biggest challenges in healthcare. When hospitals reach capacity, it’s tempting to believe that adding more beds or expanding facilities will solve the problem. But this approach only delays the inevitable. To truly improve flow, hospitals need to address the underlying imbalance between the rate of patient admissions and discharges.
Blog
24/04/25
Hospital Corridor

Bathtubs and eggboxes – how to avoid common errors in fixing hospital flow

Managing patient flow in hospitals is one of the biggest challenges in healthcare. When hospitals reach capacity, it’s tempting to believe that adding more beds or expanding facilities will solve the problem. But this approach only delays the inevitable. To truly improve flow, hospitals need to address the underlying imbalance between the rate of patient admissions and discharges.
Blog
19/02/25
Research

Hidden harm: the impact of medications on our environment

Dr Thomas Daniels, respiratory consultant and member of the RCP's healthcare sustainability and climate change advisory group and a contributor to the RCP’s recently published acute care toolkit on managing multiple medications
Blog
16/01/24
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Healthy homes: guest blog from the TCPA

The Inequalities in Health Alliance is a coalition of more than 250 organisations, convened by the RCP, who campaign for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities. This blogpost from the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) is the first in a series by member organisations. TCPA director of healthier place-making, Julia Thrift, appeared in front of the Health and Social Care select committee last year, where she highlighted the work of the IHA and raised the need for a cross-government strategy with MPs.
Blog
11/01/24
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New light through old windows: anomalies and what’s left unsaid

In the first of our senior officer blogs for 2024, RCP registrar Professor Cathryn Edwards considers how we can reflect, progress and unlock opportunities in the year ahead.
Blog
08/01/24
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Improving access to clinical research opportunities: findings from the RCP’s 2022 annual census

In this senior officer blog feature, the RCP’s academic vice president Professor Ramesh Arasaradnam discusses the barriers that doctors face in accessing clinical research and what can be done to improve opportunities.
Blog
21/12/23
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A festive message from your RCP officers

The end of the year prompts many of us to reflect on the months gone past and the year to come. Members will need no reminding of the challenges we faced in 2023 – but it is with pride that I reflect on the difference we have all made to the lives of our patients and our colleagues this year.
Blog
13/12/23
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Gweithio dros y gwyliau | llawenydd, braint, euogrwydd, her

Wrth i’r Nadolig agosáu, mae Dr Hilary Williams yn myfyrio ar deimladau cymysg am weithio dros y gwyliau ac yn dymuno cyfnod Nadoligaidd hapus iawn i bawb yn y GIG.
Blog
13/12/23
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Working over the holidays | joy, privilege, guilt, challenge

As Christmas grows closer, Dr Hilary Williams reflects on mixed feelings about working over the holidays and wishes everyone in the NHS a very happy festive period.

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